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Chapter 26. Nobody’s State of Mind

           GivealmostanymanIknowtenpounds,andhewillimposeuponyoutoacorrespondingextent;athousandpounds—toacorrespondingextent;tenthousandpounds—toacorrespondingextent.Sogreatthesuccess,sogreattheimposition.Butwhatacapitalworlditis!’criedGowanwithwarmenthusiasm.‘Whatajolly,excellent,lovableworlditis!’

           ‘Ihadratherthought,’saidClennam,‘thattheprincipleyoumentionwaschieflyactedonby—’

           ‘BytheBarnacles?’interruptedGowan,laughing.

           ‘BythepoliticalgentlemenwhocondescendtokeeptheCircumlocutionOffice.’

           ‘Ah!Don’tbehardupontheBarnacles,’saidGowan,laughingafresh,‘theyaredarlingfellows!EvenpoorlittleClarence,thebornidiotofthefamily,isthemostagreeableandmostendearingblockhead!AndbyJupiter,withakindofclevernessinhimtoothatwouldastonishyou!’

           ‘Itwould.Verymuch,’saidClennam,drily.

           ‘Andafterall,’criedGowan,withthatcharacteristicbalancingofhiswhichreducedeverythinginthewideworldtothesamelightweight,‘thoughIcan’tdenythattheCircumlocutionOfficemayultimatelyshipwreckeverybodyandeverything,still,thatwillprobablynotbeinourtime—andit’saschoolforgentlemen.’

           ‘It’saverydangerous,unsatisfactory,andexpensiveschooltothepeoplewhopaytokeepthepupilsthere,Iamafraid,’saidClennam,shakinghishead.

           ‘Ah!Youareaterriblefellow,’returnedGowan,airily.

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